Window-shade support.



W. P. HAMMBRS.

WINDOW SHADE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7. 1913.

1,120,935, Patented Dec. 15,1914.

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THE NORRIS PETERS 60.. FHOTOJJTHQ. WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WENDELL P. HAMMERS, OF DUBLIN, TEXAS, ASSIGNGR OF ONE-TE-IIRD TO HENRY DOSSETT, OF EASTLAND COUNTY, TEXAS.

WINDOW-SHADE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914:.

Application filed. Ju1y'7, 1913. Serial No. 777,759.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WENDELL P. HAM- MERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dublin, in the county of Erath and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vfindow-Shade Supports, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to window shade supports, and it more particularly relates to adjustable curtain, drapery and shade supports combined.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is strong, durable, simple of construction, adjustable, collapsible, neat, comparatively inexpensive, light, easy of application and thoroughly effective for the purposes intended.

In the accompanying drawings, which supplement this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation view of my improved combination supporting device; Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view transversely of the device; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the adjustable supporting bracket; and Fig. 4: is a longitudinal sectional View through one of the tubular telescoping poles.

Referring to these drawings, in which similiar reference characters correspond with similar parts throughout the several views, the supporting bracket 10 comprises two adjustably connected sections 11 and 12 respectively. The major portion of the section 11 is rectilinear, being formed from sheet metal, and having its opposite edges formed with in-turned flanges 18. The major portion of the member 12 is also rectilinear, being formed from sheet metal, and is adapted to be snugly fitted between the flanges 13 and adapted for longitudinal movement and adjustment therein.

The outer end of the member 11 is bent substantially at right angles to the rectilinear portion thereof and is formed with apertures for engagement with the curtain pole, drapery pole and shade roller, to be hereinafter described. The outer end of the member 12 is bent outward substantially at right angles to the major portion, and this outwardly extending supporting arm 15 is provided with apertures which correspond with those of the arm 14 except that the aperture or slot 16 is elongated for the purpose of receiving the non-rotatable axle of the shade roller. Apertures 17 may be provided in the members 11 and 12 for the reception of screws or other suitable anchoring means; or the bracket may be supported on the window frame by any other suitable and proper means.

The arms 1% and 15 are preferably curved upward, and the apertures 16, 18 and 19 are located in dilferent vertical planes, so that the shade roller and curtain poles engaged therewith support the curtain, drapery and window shade in such relation to each other that there is no conflict or interference when they are manipulated.

The curtain pole and drapery pole may be of similar or identical construction, or they may be slightly different either in construction or in dimensions or both; but in the present instance, a description of one of these poles may be applied to the other. Each pole comprises two telescoping inner sections 20 and 21, and two outer sections or ends 22. The sections 20 and 21 are preferably formed of relatively thin and light tubing, or any proper material, and are adapted to telescope with one another, so that the pole may be lengthened or shortened, so as to fit window frames of different widths. The end of each section 20 and 21 is provided with an outwardly flared or bell-shaped socket member 23 which is screw-threaded internally for the reception of a screw 24 which is fixedly united with a bell-shaped element 25, the latter forming an element of the end member 22. The apertures 19 are adapted to receive the screws 21 of the curtain pole, while the apertures 18 receive the screws 2 1 of the drapery pole, and the apertures 16 and 16 receive the non-rotatable and the rotatable axle members, respectively, of the shade roller.

As previously mentioned, it will be seen that the window shade is supported adjacent to the window frame, the tapestry is supported inwardly of the shade, and the lace curtain is supported inwardly of the tapestry, so as to impart a very artistic and ornamental eifect to the window; and at the same time providing for easy adjustment of the window shade, tapestry and curtain without interference of one of these members with the other.

The several members of this device being collapsible, it is obvious that .it may be packed in a relatively small package for shipment and storage. It is also obvious that the curtain pole and drapery pole may be easily removed independently of each other, and without interference with the window shade, by simply removing the end members 22; whereupon the curtain or drapery may either be cleaned or renewed and replaced with ease and facility.

It will be seen that l have provided a device of this character which is fully capable of attaining the foregoing objects in a thoroughly practical and effective manner. 7

I do not limit my invention to the exact details or" construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as herewith illustrated and described but my invention may only belimited by a reasonable interpretation of th claim- I la m In a Window fixture, a supporting bracket comprising two flat sections .slidably engaged with each other, each of said sections having at its outer end an arm outstanding at right angles, said arm terminating in an upwardly directed extension, means provided in said arms to support a curtain roller, a telescoping rod secured in said extensions adjacent the junctions of said ex- Gopies of'tllis patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington. D. G. 

